Football World Cup 2018 World Cup 2018 World Cup woe for Messi and Ronaldo as both bow out goalless in last 16 The world's two most feted players, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, bowed out of the World Cup without a goal in the knockout stage. Stephen Creek 01 July, 2018 02:06 IST Messi and Ronaldo have now appeared in the knockout stages of four World Cups and failed to score in any of them. - Getty Images Stephen Creek 01 July, 2018 02:06 IST Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were knocked out of the World Cup on the same day as Argentina and Portugal came unstuck and the illustrious pair failed to break their knockout-stage goal droughts.Argentina's 4-3 defeat to France left Messi without a goal in 756 minutes of World Cup knockout football, while Ronaldo failed to find the net as Portugal lost 2-1 to Uruguay, extending his goalless streak outside the group stage to 514 minutes. Record in knockout stages of the #WorldCup Messi: 756 minutes, 0 goalsRonaldo: 514 minutes, 0 goals#ARG #POR pic.twitter.com/nRiDIlrZAL— Sportstar (@sportstarweb) June 30, 2018 Messi provided two assists as Argentina was beaten in a thrilling match in Kazan but he has now appeared in the knockout stages of four World Cups and failed to score in any of them.Ronaldo was every bit as frustrated as his Barcelona rival after his fruitless attempts to penetrate Uruguay's defence left him without a World Cup knockout stage goal in his career as he prepared to go home from his fourth World Cup at the age of 33. Read more stories on World Cup 2018. For more updates, follow Sportstar on :